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Stetson University
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The Stetson University College of Law, located in Gulfport, Florida, was ranked 1st nationally in trial advocacy by U. S. News & World Report in 2017. Other recognitions include being ranked No, Stetson University was founded in 1883 by Henry Addison DeLand, a New York philanthropist, as DeLand Academy. In 1887, the Florida Legislature enacted the Charter of DeLand University as an independent institution of higher learning, DeLand Universitys name was changed in 1889 to honor hat manufacturer John B. Stetson, a benefactor of the university, who served with town founder, Henry A. DeLand, Stetson also provided substantial assistance to the university after DeLand, on account of financial reverses, was no longer able to do so. Stetson University was affiliated with the Florida Baptist Convention from its founding in 1885 until 1907, from 1907 to 1919, the Florida Baptist Convention operated Columbia College in Lake City, Florida, but it failed for lack of adequate financial support. More than 60 undergraduate majors and minors are offered, DeLand Hall, which houses the Office of the President and the offices of other administrators, was constructed in 1884 and is the oldest building in Florida in continuous use for higher education. In 2003, the Lynn Business Center, housing much of the universitys School of Business, was Floridas first green building certified by the U. S. Green Building Council, elizabeth Hall, named after John B. Stetsons wife, houses a number of departments in the College of Arts, the School of Music performs in Lee Chapel in the south of the building. Elizabeth Hall features distinctive polychrome brickwork and a cupola, modeled after the one on Independence Hall in Philadelphia, which is used as the official symbol of the undergraduate campus. The building had served as the college of natural sciences, as well as the library before the introduction of Sampson Hall. Currently, the houses the offices of the faculty and the philosophy department on the first floor, as well as the iconic Lee Chapel. The second floor contains the colleges of science, media studies. The Lawson Seminar Room is also located on the second floor, the third floor houses the history and political science departments, as well as the Lycan Seminar room, the T. C. Lane memorial classroom, the Founders classroom, and the John E. Johns lecture room, Lee Chapel was built in 1897 and was erected in honor of the memory of John B. Stetson’s late son, Ben, who died at age 6 and it is named after H. Douglas Lee who served as Stetson’s 8th President from 1987 until 2009. It holds up to 787 people and was dedicated for the Glory of God, william Sharp, an art professor here, designed all the stained glass windows in the chapel. The organ is a 1961 Beckerath Organ and it is made up of 2,548 pipes and came here in 56 crates from Hamburg, Germany. It took three men two months to build, in recent years, over $17 million in new construction took place at the DeLand campus

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American football
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The offense must advance at least ten yards in four downs, or plays, or else they turn over the football to the opposing team, if they succeed, they are given a new set of four downs. Points are primarily scored by advancing the ball into the teams end zone for a touchdown or kicking the ball through the opponents goalposts for a field goal. The team with the most points at the end of a game wins, American football evolved in the United States, originating from the sports of association football and rugby football. The first game of American football was played on November 6,1869, during the latter half of the 1870s, colleges playing association football switched to the Rugby Union code, which allowed carrying the ball. American football as a whole is the most popular sport in the United States, Professional football and college football are the most popular forms of the game, with the other major levels being high school and youth football. As of 2012, nearly 1.1 million high school athletes and 70,000 college athletes play the sport in the United States annually, almost all of them men, in the United States, American football is referred to as football. The term football was established in the rulebook for the 1876 college football season. The terms gridiron or American football are favored in English-speaking countries where other codes of football are popular, such as the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, American football evolved from the sports of association football and rugby football. What is considered to be the first American football game was played on November 6,1869 between Rutgers and Princeton, two college teams, the game was played between two teams of 25 players each and used a round ball that could not be picked up or carried. It could, however, be kicked or batted with the feet, hands, head or sides, Rutgers won the game 6 goals to 4. Collegiate play continued for years in which matches were played using the rules of the host school. Representatives of Yale, Columbia, Princeton and Rutgers met on October 19,1873 to create a set of rules for all schools to adhere to. Teams were set at 20 players each, and fields of 400 by 250 feet were specified, Harvard abstained from the conference, as they favored a rugby-style game that allowed running with the ball. An 1875 Harvard-Yale game played under rugby-style rules was observed by two impressed Princeton athletes and these players introduced the sport to Princeton, a feat the Professional Football Researchers Association compared to selling refrigerators to Eskimos. Princeton, Harvard, Yale and Columbia then agreed to play using a form of rugby union rules with a modified scoring system. These schools formed the Intercollegiate Football Association, although Yale did not join until 1879, the introduction of the snap resulted in unexpected consequences. Prior to the snap, the strategy had been to punt if a scrum resulted in bad field position, however, a group of Princeton players realized that, as the snap was uncontested, they now could hold the ball indefinitely to prevent their opponent from scoring. In 1881, both teams in a game between Yale-Princeton used this strategy to maintain their undefeated records, each team held the ball, gaining no ground, for an entire half, resulting in a 0-0 tie

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DeLand, Florida
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DeLand is a city in the U. S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Volusia County, the city sits approximately 34 miles north of the central business district of Orlando, and approximately 23 miles west of the central business district of Daytona Beach. As of the 2010 U. S. Census, the city had a population of 27,031 and it is a part of the Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach, FL metropolitan statistical area, which was home to 590,289 people as of the 2010 census. The city was founded in 1876, and was named for its founder, DeLand is home to Stetson University, Floridas oldest private college, as well as the Museum of Art - DeLand. On February 2,2007, DeLand and the area was the site of a major tornado outbreak. Known as Persimmon Hollow for the wild persimmon trees that grow around the natural springs and it was settled in 1874 by Captain John Rich, who built a log cabin. Henry Addison DeLand, a soda magnate from Fairport, New York, visited there in 1876. That year he bought land and founded the town, naming it after himself and it was the first city in Florida to have electricity. In 1877 Henry A. DeLand built a school for the town. To enhance the stature and culture, and to enhance the value of his local real estate holdings, in 1883 Henry A. DeLand established DeLand Academy. However, in 1885, a freeze destroyed the orange crop, like many other would-be real estate magnates in the area at the time, his Florida investments were nearly worthless after the freeze, and he returned to his home in the North. DeLand entrusted the academy to his friend John B, Stetson, a wealthy hat manufacturer from Philadelphia and one of the institutions founding trustees. In 1889, it was renamed John B, Stetson University in its patrons honor. In 1900 it founded the first law school in Florida and its various sports teams are called the Hatters. Since 1992, the city has hosted the DeLand Fall Festival of the Arts, as of 2009, the event has an annual attendance of more than 50,000 over the weekend immediately prior to Thanksgiving each year. DeLand is located at 29°1′44″N 81°18′2″W, approximately halfway between Orlando and Daytona Beach. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 17.8 square miles, of which 17.6 square miles is land and 0.19 square miles. DeLand is drained by the St. Johns River, as of the census of 2013, there were 28,237 people,9,950 households, and 4,631 families residing in the city

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Florida
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Florida /ˈflɒrᵻdə/ is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, Florida is the 22nd-most extensive, the 3rd-most populous, and the 8th-most densely populated of the U. S. states. Jacksonville is the most populous municipality in the state and is the largest city by area in the contiguous United States, the Miami metropolitan area is Floridas most populous urban area. The city of Tallahassee is the state capital, much of the state is at or near sea level and is characterized by sedimentary soil. The climate varies from subtropical in the north to tropical in the south, the American alligator, American crocodile, Florida panther, and manatee can be found in the Everglades National Park. It was a location of the Seminole Wars against the Native Americans. Today, Florida is distinctive for its large Cuban expatriate community and high population growth, the states economy relies mainly on tourism, agriculture, and transportation, which developed in the late 19th century. Florida is also renowned for amusement parks, orange crops, the Kennedy Space Center, Florida has attracted many writers such as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Ernest Hemingway and Tennessee Williams, and continues to attract celebrities and athletes. It is internationally known for golf, tennis, auto racing, by the 16th century, the earliest time for which there is a historical record, major Native American groups included the Apalachee, the Timucua, the Ais, the Tocobaga, the Calusa and the Tequesta. Florida was the first part of the continental United States to be visited and settled by Europeans, the earliest known European explorers came with the Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León. Ponce de León spotted and landed on the peninsula on April 2,1513 and he named the region La Florida. The story that he was searching for the Fountain of Youth is a myth, in May 1539, Conquistador Hernando de Soto skirted the coast of Florida, searching for a deep harbor to land. He described seeing a wall of red mangroves spread mile after mile, some reaching as high as 70 feet. Very soon, many smokes appeared along the whole coast, billowing against the sky, the Spanish introduced Christianity, cattle, horses, sheep, the Spanish language, and more to Florida. Both the Spanish and French established settlements in Florida, with varying degrees of success, in 1559, Don Tristán de Luna y Arellano established a settlement at present-day Pensacola, making it the first attempted settlement in Florida, but it was abandoned by 1561. Spain maintained tenuous control over the region by converting the tribes to Christianity. The area of Spanish Florida diminished with the establishment of English settlements to the north, the English attacked St. Augustine, burning the city and its cathedral to the ground several times. Florida attracted numerous Africans and African-Americans from adjacent British colonies who sought freedom from slavery, in 1738, Governor Manuel de Montiano established Fort Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose near St

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Stetson Hatters football
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The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision and are members of the Pioneer Football League. Stetsons first football team was fielded in 1901, but the school dropped the sport in 1956, the team plays its home games at the 6,000 seat Spec Martin Stadium in DeLand, Florida. The Hatters are coached by Roger Hughes, a 7-game series between intramural teams from Stetson and Forbes occurred in 1894, the first football games in the state of Florida. The first intercollegiate game between official varsity teams was played on November 22,1901, Stetson beat Florida Agricultural College at Lake City, one of the four forerunners of the University of Florida, 6-0, in a game played as part of the Jacksonville Fair. A sure score by FAC was obstructed by a tree stump, Stetson claims state titles in 1901,1903,1905,1906,1907, and 1909. The Hatters participated in one game, the 1952 Tangerine Bowl. They won 35–20 over Arkansas State, after a 57-year hiatus, on August 31,2013, Stetson revived their football program against Warner University at Spec Martin Stadium. The Hatters held a lead of 10-3 with 12,35 remaining in the 2nd quarter when the game was suspended due to lightning, after more than a two-hour delay, the game was officially postponed until the next day. On September 1,2013, the game resumed, and Stetson won 31-3 and it was Stetsons first win since defeating the University of Havana 64-0 at the end of the 1956 season. On September 7,2013, the Hatters played the Florida Tech Panthers in Palm Bay, for the second week in a row, Donald Payne was named Defensive Player of the Week for the Pioneer Football League. After a week off, Stetson hosted Birmingham-Southern on September 21,2013 in front of a crowd of 6104. They were unable to pull off win and were defeated by a score of 49-34, on September 28,2013, the San Diego Toreros were hosted by Stetson and the Hatters lost 59-0 before a crowd of 5,874 at Spec Martin Memorial Stadium. On October 5,2013, the Hatters went to Indianapolis, four turnovers and two safeties on offense slammed the door on Stetson and they lost their fourth straight game 35-15. On October 12,2013, Stetson hosted the Flyers from the University of Dayton, in the beginning of the second quarter, the Hatters were already behind 35 points. They would go on to their fifth loss in a row by a score of 49-20. On October 26,2013 Stetson traveled to Poughkeepsie, New York to play the Marist Red Foxes, Stetson could only muster eight first downs during the entire game. The Hatters were blanked 27-0 and have a losing streak. Four of the losses have been by 20 points or more, on November 2,2013, the Hatters hosted the Campbell Fighting Camels at Spec Martin Memorial Stadium in on and off rain

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1907 Florida football team
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The 1907 Florida football team represented the University of Florida during the 1907 college football season. The season was Jack Forsythes second as the coach of the University of Florida football team. The Orange and Blue lost to the Mercer Bears for the season in a row, beat the Rollins College Tars in Gainesville, Florida. Forsythes 1907 Florida football team posted a record of 4–1–1 in their second varsity season. Only four men from the 1906 team returned, captain Roy Corbett was also the athletics editor of the Florida Pennant. The team featured newcomer William A. Shands, future state senator, primary source,2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide. The season opened with the Mercer Baptists beating Florida 6–0, sam Jameson, son of Mercer president S. Y. Jameson, sustained a broken collarbone while tackling a Florida player, Mercer scored on a blocked kick. Next, Florida gained a 6–0 upset win over Columbia Agricultural College of Savannah, after a scoreless first half, Roy Corbett ran 65 yards to set up a touchdown run by coach Forsythe. Forsythe also averaged 45 yards per punt, the win led to a parade in the streets. Against the Rollins College Tars, Florida won 9–4, merchants in Gainesville closed the stores from 3 to 4,30 p. m. to allow their workers to attend a State Championship game. Grit Gibbs played with a fever which turned out to be malaria, clarence Boyer made a placekick in the first half for Rollins. In the second, Florida got a touchdown on an 8-yard run by Jim Shands, Florida beat the Riverside Athletic Club 21–0 in Jacksonville. In a rematch, Florida beat the Riverside Athletic Club 17–0 in Gainesville, in a rematch, Florida fought Rollins to a scoreless tie in Winter Park. Both Florida and Stetson claimed state titles, University of Florida Football Vault, The History of the Florida Gators. McCarthy, Kevin M. Fightin Gators, A History of University of Florida Football, mount Pleasant, South Carolina, Arcadia Publishing. The Gators, A Story of Florida Football